Participants: Ole Olesen (Host), Franklin David
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000687A
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00:15 WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 00:18 WHAT A JOY IT IS TO GET TOGETHER AND TO HEAR THE 00:20 STORIES THAT COME BACK FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. 00:24 THIS MORNING I GET TO HEAR SOME STORIES FROM FRANKLIN 00:28 DAVID. 00:29 WELCOME. 00:29 NICE TO BE HERE. 00:30 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? 00:31 I'M FROM SILVER SPRING MARYLAND, LIVE THERE BUT 00:34 ORIGINALLY FROM INDIA. 00:35 FROM INDIA AND YOU CURRENTLY ARE A DIRECTOR 00:38 FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH. 00:40 WHAT IS YOUR REGION? 00:41 MY REGION IS CALLED REGION 14 WHICH IS WESTERN INDIA 00:44 UNION. 00:45 THAT INCLUDES THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND THE STATE 00:50 OF GUJARAT. 00:52 MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT. 00:54 RIGHT. 00:55 I'M THINKING THAT PEOPLE WHO WATCH ADVENTURES IN 00:58 MISSIONS BECOME EXPERTS ON GEOGRAPHY. 01:03 THEY KEEP HEARING STORIES. 01:04 I HOPE MANY OF YOU WHO DO CAN LOOK UP WHERE THOSE 01:07 STATES ARE. 01:08 FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE. 01:09 IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO KNOW. 01:13 AND SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING THERE FOR SOME YEARS NOW 01:15 HAVE YOU? 01:16 YES FOR THREE YEARS I'VE BEEN A REGIONAL DIRECTOR. 01:18 THREE YEARS. 01:19 OKAY. 01:20 THE MAJOR CITY THERE IS MUMBAI OR BOMBAY AS 01:24 BEFORE. 01:25 SO IF THEY SEE BOMBAY THEY WILL KNOW WHERE EXACTLY IT 01:29 IS. 01:29 AND BOMBAY IS A BIG CITY. 01:31 BIG CITY WITH 20 MILLION PEOPLE. 01:34 TWENTY MILLION. 01:35 AH. 01:36 AND FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND THERE MUST BE AN 01:37 ADVENTURE ALL BY ITSELF. 01:38 YES IT IS. 01:41 YOU HAVE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS VOLUNTEERS, NO 01:44 THEY ARE NOT VOLUNTEERS WE'RE SUPPORTING THEM AND 01:46 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING, THE TIME WE'RE 01:49 RECORDING THIS, ASKING YOU WHO ARE LISTENING TO THINK 01:53 ABOUT INVESTING IN NOT ONLY THE ONES WHO ARE 01:57 THERE BUT IN MORE. 01:59 AND AS THESE WHO GROW AND MOVE ON WE FIND MORE OF 02:03 THEM. 02:04 YOU ARE THE SOURCE MANY TIMES FOR THE FUNDS THAT 02:07 MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 02:08 I JUST WANT TO INVITE YOU WHEN YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN 02:11 AN INVITATION TO WRITE, TO CALL, TO EMAIL, WRITE IT 02:16 DOWN. 02:16 BECOME A PART OF THIS ADVENTURE IN MISSIONS. 02:20 SO THERE IN YOUR DISTRICT YOU'VE BROUGHT SOME 02:23 STORIES FOR US THIS DAY. 02:26 WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WITH US AT LEAST THAT FIRST 02:27 ONE. 02:28 OKAY. 02:29 NOW THE PICTURE HERE YOU SEE THE GENTLEMAN WHO IS 02:33 SHORTER THAN THE TALLER ONE, HE IS OUR GOSPEL 02:36 OUTREACH WORKER. 02:36 THOMPSON IS HIS NAME. 02:38 BROTHER THOMPSON. 02:39 HE'S NOT A CHILD. 02:40 HE'S A YOUNG MAN ACTIVE IN MINISTRY WORKING FOR THE 02:45 LORD. 02:46 HE CAME TO KNOW THE TRUTH BY READING GREAT 02:51 CONTROVERSY. 02:52 AT THAT TIME HE WAS SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH 02:54 AND HE ALMOST BECAME A CATHOLIC PRIEST. 02:58 WOW. 02:59 WAS HE IN THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM ALREADY? 03:01 HE WAS SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH AND HE WANTED TO 03:04 JOIN THE TRAINING PROGRAM. 03:05 HE WAS VISITING THE MONASTERY, TALKING TO 03:07 THEM. 03:08 AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME GOD BROUGHT THIS BOOK 03:11 GREAT CONTROVERSY INTO HIS POSSESSION. 03:13 AND HE READ IT THROUGH AND THROUGH AND BECAME AN 03:18 ADVENTIST AND A GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER AND HAS 03:21 STARTED A SMALL CONGREGATION. 03:24 IN THE CITY OF POONA THERE IS A SCHOOL AND HE HAS GOT 03:31 IT FREE OF COST, SOMEBODY IS GENEROUS, TO RENT IT 03:36 OUT TO HIM EVERY SATURDAY AND THERE ARE ABOUT 100 03:38 PEOPLE WHO MEET IN THIS PLACE. 03:41 AND THE SERVICE IS IN ENGLISH BECAUSE IT IS A 03:43 CITY. 03:44 OKAY. 03:45 AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF PREACHING IN THAT CHURCH. 03:46 OKAY. 03:47 AND IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HIS WORK. 03:52 AND IN THE PICTURE YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN ALSO A 03:54 TALL GENTLEMAN WHO HE HAS CONVERTED FROM THE PRISON 04:00 IN POONA. 04:01 A PRISON CONVERT. 04:03 A PRISON CONVERT WHO WAS ACTUALLY PUT IN PRISON FOR 04:08 BEING A DRUG DEALER. 04:09 NOW BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER HAVE A MINISTRY IN THE 04:15 PRISON. 04:16 SO THEY VISIT THE PRISON REGULARLY AND THEY WANT 04:19 HAVE HIM DO THE WORK BUT A VERY VERY DYNAMIC 04:23 PERSONALITY. 04:24 WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL. 04:25 WERE YOU THERE WHEN THIS READING OF THE GREAT 04:27 CONTROVERSY TOOK PLACE OR DID YOU MEET HIM AFTER 04:28 THAT STORY? 04:35 I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE HIM WHEN I WENT FOR MY 04:37 MEETINGS THIS LAST MONTH WHERE ALL THE GOSPEL 04:41 OUTREACH WORKERS WERE THERE AND HERE IS THIS NEW 04:44 FACE. 04:45 I HADN'T SEEN HIM BEFORE BECAUSE I WAS THERE TWO 04:47 YEARS AGO. 04:48 SO I GOT TO FIND OUT WHO IS HE AND THEN CAME TO 04:52 KNOW ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE. 04:53 OH HOW EXCITING. 04:54 I WENT TO HIS CHURCH THAT SATURDAY AND THE YOUNG 04:57 LADY IN THE PICTURE IS THE ONE WHO OWNS THE SCHOOL 05:00 AND SHE HAS ALLOWED THEM TO USE THE PLACE FREE OF 05:04 CHARGE. 05:05 SO IS SHE LIKE THE HEAD MISTRESS? 05:06 HEAD MISTRESS FOR THE SCHOOL. 05:07 THEY RUN DURING THE WEEK AND THEN ON SATURDAYS IT'S 05:10 AVAILABLE? 05:11 IT'S AVAILABLE. 05:12 SATURDAY IT'S CLOSED AND THE MOTHER IN THE PICTURE 05:15 WAS THE ONE WHO ORIGINALLY STARTED THE SCHOOL BUT NOW 05:18 THE DAUGHTER IS TAKING CARE OF THE SCHOOL. 05:19 WELL THAT'S WONDERFUL. 05:20 THIS IS IN POONA. 05:25 POONA, THE CITY OF POONA. 05:26 OKAY. 05:27 THAT'S A BIG CITY TOO. 05:27 VERY BIG CITY AND A GOOD PLACE. 05:32 OH WONDERFUL. 05:32 TELL US ABOUT THIS STORY. 05:35 YES. 05:36 THIS YOUNG BOY HAS A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT AND WAS 05:41 CHALLENGED TO A GREAT EXTENT. 05:44 SOMEHOW SOME MEN CAME AND KIDNAPPED HIM AND HE WAS 05:47 MISSING FOR SOME TIME. 05:49 CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS IN THE FAMILY AND THEY 05:53 WERE SEARCHING FOR HIM EVERYWHERE. 05:55 EVIDENTIALLY HE WAS USED BY THESE PEOPLE TO BEG ON 05:59 THE STREETS OF BOMBAY. 06:00 YES. 06:01 AND SINCE HE COULD NOT TALK. 06:06 HE COULD ELICIT SOME SYMPATHY AND THEY WOULD 06:09 GIVE. 06:10 YES. 06:11 THIS IS A KIND OF SLAVERY IN A SENSE. 06:13 YES IT IS AND IT'S PRETTY PREVALENT IN BIG CITIES IN 06:16 INDIA. 06:18 AND THE FAMILY OF COURSE BECAME MEMBERS OF THIS 06:23 SMALL HOUSE CHURCH WHICH IS RUN BY THE GOSPEL 06:26 OUTREACH WORKER. 06:28 AND THEY HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM AND MEMBERS HAVE 06:31 BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIM AND THEN FINALLY FOUND HIM IN 06:33 A DIFFERENT PART OF THE CITY BEGGING. 06:36 AND THEY GOT HOLD OF HIM AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO 06:38 THE MOTHER AND SO THE MOTHER WAS THERE GIVING 06:41 TESTIMONY ON THAT DAY AND THE CHILD WAS THERE. 06:44 IT WAS A JOYFUL EXPERIENCE FOR THE FAMILY TO BE 06:49 REUNITED. 06:50 HE IS STILL CHALLENGED AND THEY ARE TRYING TO SEE 06:52 WHAT CAN BE DONE. 06:53 BUT THIS IS A LOVELY SMALL CHURCH IN THE HOUSE. 06:58 IS THIS LIKE ALMOST A PARABLE FOR ALL THE WORK 07:02 THAT GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS ARE GOING? 07:04 THAT THEY ARE FINDING PEOPLE WHO ARE ENSLAVED IN 07:08 SOME DEGREE, SOME WAY WHETHER IT'S TO DIFFERENT 07:11 GODS OR WHATEVER, THEIR OWN HABITS AND BRINGING 07:14 THEM OUT TO SAFETY? 07:15 THAT IS TRUE AND IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE 07:17 PLACE. 07:18 ALL OVER. 07:19 YES, TESTIMONIES AFTER TESTIMONIES ABOUT PEOPLE 07:22 BEING SAVED. 07:23 THAT IS THE JOYFUL PART OF IT ISN'T IT. 07:26 YES IT IS. 07:27 AND JUST A REMINDER, YOU MIGHT SEE ON YOUR SCREEN 07:30 WHERE YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS. 07:32 THESE STORIES CAN BE YOUR STORIES IF YOU WILL LISTEN 07:36 CAREFULLY AND LET GOD LEAD YOU IN THIS. 07:40 YOU HAVE ANOTHER STORY TO SHARE. 07:42 YES. 07:43 IN THE SAME CHURCH, IT'S A VERY SMALL CONGREGATION, 07:45 IT'S A BIG CONGREGATION BUT IN A SMALL CHURCH 07:48 BECAUSE IT'S VERY CROWDED. 07:49 I WAS TOTALLY SURPRISED AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD 07:51 SIT IN THAT SMALL ROOM. 07:52 AND ALL THE LADIES WERE THERE. 07:53 THE MEN WERE STANDING OUTSIDE AND THEY SING SO 07:55 BEAUTIFULLY AND YOU JUST FEEL LIKE WORSHIPPING EVEN 07:58 THOUGH THERE'S NO PLACE THERE. 08:05 IN THE PICTURE THAT'S MY WIFE AT THE BACK. 08:07 I GUESS SHE'S TIRED OF TRAVELING ALL THE WAY FROM 08:10 HERE. 08:11 AND THIS YOUNG MAN, THE GOSPEL WORKER IS IN WHITE 08:14 SHIRT OVER THERE. 08:16 OKAY. 08:17 THE MANY WITH STRIPPED SHIRT HE WAS DIAGNOSED 08:22 WITH PARALYSIS AND COULD NOT WALK FOR FOUR YEARS. 08:25 AND THIS CONGREGATION KEPT PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING 08:30 AND THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER WAS VISITING AT 08:33 HOME. 08:34 HE WAS A HINDU GENTLEMAN WHEN THIS WAS GOING ON. 08:37 HE GAVE HIS HEART TO JESUS AND NOW HE CAME IN WALKING 08:44 TO GIVE THE TESTIMONY. 08:46 FOUR YEARS OF NOT USING THOSE MUSCLES, MUSCLES, 08:50 USUALLY MEANS THEY ATROPHY TERRIBLY. 08:51 YES IT IS. 08:52 SO WHEN HE WAS HEALED IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE WAS A 08:56 RAPID RECOVERY OF MUSCLE STRENGTH. 08:58 SURE. 08:59 A MIRACULOUS WAY THAT GOD LEADS IN BRINGING OUT 09:01 PEOPLE. 09:02 IT KIND OF STRENGTHENS YOUR FAITH WHEN YOU LISTEN 09:05 TO STORIES SUCH AS THIS. 09:06 I THINK IT DOES. 09:07 IT HAPPENS. 09:08 I THINK IT DOES. 09:10 WOW. 09:11 IN THESE THREE YEARS YOU KEEP RUNNING INTO THESE 09:14 KIND OF STORIES I'M SURE. 09:16 ONE AFTER THE OTHER. 09:17 AND THIS SMALL CHURCH HAS EVEN A CHOIR THAT SINGS. 09:21 THEY PRACTICED A SONG AND THEY ALL CAME DRESSED IN 09:24 THE SAME UNIFORM. 09:25 THEY SANG AND LED OUT IN THE WORSHIP. 09:28 AND IN THE SAME CONGREGATION ALSO WAS A 09:31 BRAHMIN LADY WHO BECAME AN ADVENTIST. 09:36 NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING INDIA STILL 09:40 LIVES WITH THE VERY GREAT REALITY OF THE CASTE 09:44 SYSTEM. 09:45 YOU ARE BORN INTO A LEVEL OF SOCIETY. 09:48 BRAHMIN IS THE TOP IS IT NOT. 09:51 AND SO VERY OFTEN I HEAR STORIES THAT THE 09:55 CHRISTIANS AND SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS INCLUDED WORK 09:58 WITH SOME OF THE LOWER CASTES. 10:01 BUT HERE IS SOMEBODY FROM THE HIGHEST CASTE. 10:03 WHAT DID YOU HEAR FROM HER? 10:05 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 10:07 WELL SHE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE CONGREGATION 10:11 FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW AND HAS ACCEPTED THE LORD 10:17 JESUS CHRIST AS HER PERSONAL SAVIOR AND HAS 10:20 GIVEN HER HEART TO JESUS. 10:22 AND SHE EXPRESSED HOW HAPPY SHE IS AND HOW 10:26 THANKFUL SHE IS FOR PRAYERS ANSWERED IN HER 10:29 LIFE. 10:30 SHE NO LONGER GOES TO THE TEMPLE TO WORSHIP AND IS 10:34 HERE WITH THIS CONGREGATION EVERY WEEK. 10:36 FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS CONVERSION IT MUST 10:41 CREATE SOME TENSION WITH THE EXTENDED FAMILY 10:45 BECAUSE TRADITIONS ARE SO STRONG I BELIEVE. 10:48 YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 10:50 HER HUSBAND IS NOT YET A CHRISTIAN. 10:54 BUT HE HAS ALLOWED HER, OKAY IF THIS IS WHAT YOU 10:57 HAVE CHOSEN GO AHEAD. 10:58 THAT'S A GENEROUS HEART RIGHT THERE. 11:00 AND THEN YOU FIND THAT IN SOME PLACES IT'S A LOT OF 11:03 ABUSE BECAUSE OF THAT. 11:06 YES. 11:07 BUT GOD LEADS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. 11:08 OH WOW. 11:09 HIS WONDERS TO PERFORM. 11:10 WELL WE ARE AT A PERFECT SPOT I THINK TO STOP JUST 11:17 FOR A MOMENT AND HAVE ANOTHER APPEAL. 11:20 THIS TIME FROM CHILDREN. 11:22 I'D LIKE TO HAVE YOU WATCH AGAIN "THE SPARK." 11:26 I NEED TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL HERE AT HOME. 11:32 WHERE IS THE 10/40 WINDOW ANYWAY? 11:35 THOSE PEOPLE LIVE TOO FAR AWAY. 11:38 SOMEONE ELSE CAN TELL THEM ABOUT JESUS. 11:40 MAYBE THEY COULD JUST WATCH TV. 11:43 NEARLY THREE BILLION PEOPLE TO REACH. 11:46 MY HEAD HURTS. 11:48 THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO. 11:50 I GIVE UP. 11:52 WHAT'S THE POINT OF TRYING? 11:54 I CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:56 ACTUALLY YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 11:59 AND JESUS ASKED YOU TO GO TO ALL THE WORLD. 12:04 WHERE? 12:05 ALL THE WORLD. 12:06 HOW CAN I GO, I HAVE COMMITMENTS. 12:08 YOU CAN PRAY. 12:11 YOU CAN VOLUNTEER YOUR TALENTS. 12:15 YOU CAN TELL OTHERS. 12:19 YOU CAN GIVE MONEY TO SPONSOR BIBLE WORKERS. 12:22 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SEARCHING FOR HOPE AND 12:25 MEANING. 12:26 BUT THEY WON'T FIND IT WITHOUT YOU. 12:27 BE THE SPARK. 12:29 LIGHT THE FIRE. 12:31 FINISH THE WORK. 12:33 FINISH THE WORK. 12:36 BE THE SPARK. 12:39 IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU. 12:40 ISN'T THAT A CUTE APPEAL. 12:42 WE LOVE THOSE KIDS. 12:44 BY THE WAY I JUST WANT TO MENTION THERE'S A 12:47 WONDERFUL PRINT VERSION OF WHAT WE DO HERE ON THE 12:51 SCREEN, ADVENTURES IN MISSIONS. 12:53 YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THIS. 12:55 YOU CAN GET THIS SENT TO YOUR HOME. 12:57 IT'S A SMALL PART OF OUR BUDGET HERE AT GOSPEL 12:59 OUTREACH JUST TO GIVE YOU MORE STORIES TO SHARE THE 13:03 GOOD NEWS WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING 13:07 THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 13:10 AND THERE IN MAHARASHTRA AND GUJARAT, IF I CAN 13:14 PRONOUNCE THEM SOMEWHAT CORRECTLY. 13:15 YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE, PRETTY CLOSE. 13:18 TELL US ANOTHER STORY FROM THERE. 13:22 LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET YOU TO A PICTURE, OH WE 13:24 CAN. 13:25 THIS IS A YOUNG FAMILY VERY RECENTLY CONVERTED TO 13:30 THE ADVENTIST FAITH BY OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH VOLUNTEER 13:33 IN THIS PLACE. 13:35 AND TO ENTER THIS VILLAGE WE HAD TO TRAVEL QUITE A 13:41 DISTANCE. 13:42 IT'S A TRIBAL AREA. 13:43 OKAY. 13:44 AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO ENTER WITH THE MESSAGE 13:46 IN A TRIBAL AREA BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND 13:54 THERE IT'S MUCH MORE EASIER BECAUSE THEY KNOW 13:56 THE CULTURE, THEY KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY KNOW THE 13:59 PEOPLE AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER IS FROM 14:02 THAT AREA. 14:03 AND WHEN I WAS THERE WITH THEM IN THAT SMALL ROOM 14:08 FOR THE MEETING THIS FAMILY CAME FORWARD TO 14:11 SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY AS TO HOW THE GOSPEL OUTREACH 14:15 WORKER, FOR WHATEVER REASON HE TOLD US, HE JUST 14:18 FELT LIKE CALLING THIS FAMILY ONE DAY AND HE 14:21 CALLED THEM. 14:22 AND ALL HE COULD HEAR WAS CRYING, CRYING, CRYING ON 14:26 THE PHONE. 14:27 NOBODY WAS TALKING TO HIM BUT EVERYBODY WAS CRYING. 14:31 AND SO HE KEPT TALKING AND ASKED WHAT'S HAPPENING, 14:34 WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN THE MAN TOLD HIM THAT 14:38 THEIR BABY THAT WAS BORN A FEW DAYS AGO IS NO LONGER 14:43 BREATHING AND NOT MOVING AND SO THEY WERE CRYING 14:47 AND SO THE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKER TOLD THEM LET'S 14:51 PRAY, LET'S PRAY OVER THE PHONE, THE CELL PHONE. 14:54 HE KEPT PRAYING WITH THEM. 14:55 AND HE TOLD ME THAT THEY PRAYED FOR 15 MINUTES 14:58 CONTINUOUSLY, KEPT ON PRAYING, PRAYING, PRAYING, 15:02 PRAYING. 15:03 AND AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES THE CHILD TOOK A DEEP 15:07 BREATH AND THEN OPENED THE EYES. 15:10 AND SO THEY HAD BROUGHT THIS BABY TO THE MEETING 15:14 AND THEY WANTED TO SHARE THEIR TESTIMONY. 15:17 AND THE FACT THAT THERE'S A PICTURE MEANS YOU WERE 15:18 THERE. 15:20 I WAS THERE AND MY WIFE SAW THE BABY, TINY LITTLE 15:23 BABY. 15:24 IN FACT SHE TOLD THE PARENTS YOU SHOULDN'T BE 15:26 BRINGING THE BABY OUT TO A MEETING LIKE THIS. 15:28 THE BABY'S TOO SMALL. 15:31 BECAUSE MY WIFE IS A NURSE SO SHE TRIED TO TALK TO 15:34 THEM AND THEN IT WAS A MOVING EXPERIENCE. 15:39 AND IN A TRIBAL AREA LIKE THAT YOU'RE USING A 15:42 TRANSLATOR? 15:43 ALMOST EVERY WHERE I GO I HAVE TO USE A TRANSLATOR 15:46 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M FROM INDIA THEY ALL DON'T 15:49 SPEAK HINDI. 15:50 EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. 15:53 IN MAHARASHTRA THEY SPEAK MARATHI, IN GUJARAT THEY 15:57 SPEAK GUJARATI AND THEN THERE ARE SEPARATE 16:01 DIALECTS. 16:02 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO INTO TRIBAL AREAS YOU NEED 16:05 TO FIND SOMEBODY LOCALLY BECAUSE EVEN THE 16:07 HEADQUARTERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE FOR YOU. 16:09 SOMEWHERE IN MY PAST I THINK I READ THAT IF YOU 16:13 INCLUDE THE DIALECTS AND THE TRIBAL LANGUAGES 16:15 THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE 700 LANGUAGES. 16:17 YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH SURE. 16:19 OH MY. 16:20 WELL THAT FAMILY MUST FEEL LIKE GOD HAS TOUCHED THEM 16:25 IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. 16:29 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 16:32 BROUGHT TO THE LORD SENSE THAT. 16:34 THAT IT'S A VERY PERSONAL ENCOUNTER FOR THEM. 16:37 YES. 16:38 THESE GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS THEY MUST FEEL THE 16:39 PRESENCE OF GOD ALWAYS. 16:40 OH YES. 16:41 AND EVEN FOR ME IT'S AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE WHEN I 16:42 LISTEN TO THEIR TESTIMONIES, WATCH THEM 16:43 WORSHIP. 16:44 THEY HAVE VERY LITTLE. 16:44 YES. 16:45 THEY ACTUALLY HAVE VERY LITTLE. 16:46 BUT THEY ARE SO CONTENT, HAPPY JUST TO KNOW THAT 16:49 THE LORD JESUS CAME AND DIED FOR THEM TO SAVE 16:51 THEM. 16:52 (SPEAKING INDIAN LANGUAGE) JESUS MESSIAH? 16:53 YES. 16:54 OKAY, YES. 16:55 SO THAT'S HOW THEY CALL IT IN WORSHIP SO IT'S 16:57 AMAZING. 16:58 THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A VILLAGE ON THE SCREEN 17:02 THERE. 17:03 NO. 17:04 THAT IS THE CITY OF BOMBAY. 17:04 MULTI-COMPLEX BUILDING. 17:05 IT'S MULTI-STORIES. 17:06 IT'S A BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT WHERE SLUM 17:09 DWELLERS USED TO LIVE. 17:11 THERE WAS A VERY POPULAR MOVIE KNOWN AS "SLUMDOG 17:14 MILLIONAIRE." 17:15 AND YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE USED TO LIVE IF YOU 17:18 WATCHED THAT MOVIE. 17:19 NOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN THIS AREA AND THEY 17:22 HAVE BUILT HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES. 17:24 ALL ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT COMPLEXES. 17:26 AND THIS IS ONE BUILDING THAT AS I WAS GOING OUT I 17:29 JUST SHOT IT ON MY IPHONE. 17:30 BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. 17:31 AND HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES STAY IN THAT PLACE. 17:33 SO IT'S LIKE A VERTICAL SLUM INSTEAD. 17:34 IT'S A CITY IN ITSELF. 17:35 YES, YES. 17:36 NOW I WENT TO THIS PLACE AND THE LEADER'S HOUSE. 17:37 WE HAD TO GO AND VISIT. 17:37 THAT WAS THE LEADER'S HOUSE. 17:38 HE HAD AT LEAST ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE PEOPLE 18:21 LIVING IN THAT SMALL CUBICAL THAT THEY LIVED 18:24 IN. 18:25 AND AFTER THAT WE WENT TO THE SERVICE AND IN THAT 18:30 PARTICULAR SLUM DWELLING AREA EVEN BEFORE 18:34 ADVENTISTS WENT THERE, THE METHODIST CHURCH HAD A 18:38 CHURCH AMONG THEM. 18:40 AND SINCE THE GOVERNMENT DESTROYED ALL THOSE HUTS 18:44 AND PUT UP THIS HUGE BUILDING THEY GAVE THE 18:47 METHODIST CHURCH TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES, TWO 18:51 APARTMENTS, SO THAT THEY HAVE A KIND OF A RECTANGLE 18:54 PLACE SO THAT'S WHERE THEIR CHURCH IS IN THAT 19:00 APARTMENT COMPLEX. 19:01 OKAY. 19:02 AND SO ADVENTISTS, NOW THAT OUR GOSPEL OUTREACH 19:05 WORKER IS WORKING AND THESE ARE ALL THE 19:07 ADVENTISTS OVER THERE. 19:10 AND THEY WORSHIP ON SATURDAY AND THE METHODIST 19:13 WORSHIP ON SUNDAY AND THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IS 19:16 RENTING IT FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH. 19:18 AND I WAS REALLY AMAZED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG 19:24 PEOPLE IN THIS CONGREGATION. 19:26 SO ACTIVE, SO ACTIVE. 19:29 WOW. 19:29 PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, TAKING CARE 19:32 OF THE SERVICE. 19:34 AND I WAS BLESSED WORSHIPPING WITH THEM. 19:37 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASK EVERYBODY WHEN I SEE 19:39 THEM THERE I ASK THEM ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL. 19:41 OH YES. 19:42 OKAY. 19:43 BECAUSE WE WANT TO SEND THEM TO SCHOOL. 19:46 NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THEM GO TO SCHOOL. 19:48 REALLY. 19:49 OKAY. 19:50 A LOT OF EDUCATION. 19:51 EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE SO 19:53 THEY DO. 19:54 WE DO IN SOME PLACES GET THEM AND SEND THEM TO OUR 19:57 ADVENTIST SCHOOLS BUT MOST OF THEM GO TO SCHOOL. 19:59 BUT WHAT IMPRESSED ME IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN 20:03 BOMBAY IS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE WERE SO INVOLVED 20:08 AND SO I CHALLENGE THEM. 20:10 I TOLD THEM THIS IS ONE COMPLEX, THERE ARE ABOUT 20:15 FOUR OR FIVE COMPLEXES AROUND YOU. 20:16 I THINK YOU NEED TO MOVE AROUND OVER THERE AND 20:19 START ESTABLISHING A WORK IN EACH BUILDING. 20:22 WOW. 20:24 SO THEY TOOK THAT UP AS A CHALLENGE AND I HOPE NEXT 20:27 TIME WHEN I GO THERE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER COMPLEX I 20:30 CAN VISIT NEAR BY. 20:31 AND SOME OF THEM WOULD BE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN 20:36 GETTING INTO THE SEMINARY TO STUDY. 20:39 THE YOUNG PEOPLE. 20:40 AND IS IT TRUE THAT WHEN YOU SAY MUSICAL 20:43 INSTRUMENTS WERE THERE. 20:45 WHAT KIND OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS DO THEY USE IN 20:47 THEIR WORSHIP? 20:48 THEY USE GUITAR. 20:50 GUITAR. 20:51 THIS IS BOMBAY YOU KNOW SO GUITAR, KEYBOARD THAT'S 20:55 ELECTRONIC, KEYBOARD, YES ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD. 20:57 IF YOU GO TO THE VILLAGE IT'S OF COURSE A TABLA AND 21:01 A HARMONIUM. 21:02 BUT THIS IS BOMBAY SO THEY ADD ALL THESE MODERN 21:05 INSTRUMENTS. 21:06 THE HARMONIUM IS KIND OF LIKE HAND POWERED ISN'T 21:08 IT? 21:09 YES, HAND POWERED AND WITH AIR SO LIKE THE OLD ORGAN 21:11 WE USED TO USE. 21:13 YES. 21:13 SO VILLAGES ALL HAVE TABLA. 21:15 AND THE TABLA IS A KIND OF A SMALL DRUM. 21:22 SMALL DRUM YES. 21:23 AND THEN OF COURSE THESE GUYS ALSO USE THE CONGO 21:25 DRUMS AND ALL THAT SO THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE 21:27 MODERN. 21:28 DO THEY NEED MORE OF THOSE INSTRUMENTS? 21:29 ALMOST EVERY PLACE I GO THEY NEED INSTRUMENTS. 21:34 MOST GOSPEL OUTREACH WORKERS, MOST OF THEM I'VE 21:38 NOTICED THIS, THEY CAN SING. 21:41 OH. 21:42 THEY CAN SING AND LEAD OUT AND THAT HELPS. 21:44 THAT DOES I'M SURE. 21:45 IF THEY DON'T DO IT AT LEAST THEIR WIFE DOES. 21:48 OKAY. 21:49 AND SO THIS LAST VISIT I SPONSORED A FEW 21:53 INSTRUMENTS FOR THEM. 21:55 OH MY. 21:55 SO THAT THEY COULD. 21:56 BUT THE NEED IS GREAT. 21:59 AND IF PEOPLE INVEST IN GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE A 22:03 WAY TO SAY HAVE SOME OF THIS MONEY HELP WITH 22:07 PROJECTS LIKE THAT? 22:08 OH DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY. 22:10 IT'S A GREAT NEED, IT'S A GREAT NEED. 22:14 DON'T FORGET THAT WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT 22:18 WHERE GOD IS CALLING YOU TO INVEST YOUR FUNDS. 22:21 IS THERE ANOTHER STORY BEFORE WE GO? 22:23 OKAY, THAT'S THE HOUSE. 22:27 THIS ONE STORY THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IS 22:30 NOT A GOSPEL OUTREACHER RIGHT NOW BUT HE IS THE 22:33 PRESIDENT OF THAT SECTION. 22:39 FOR THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 22:40 FOR THE ADVENTIST CHURCH. 22:41 YES. 22:42 AND HE SHARED WITH ME HIS STORY AND I WAS JUST 22:50 AMAZED AT WHAT TOOK PLACE IN HIS LIFE AS TO HOW WHEN 22:53 HE WAS A BABY AT THIS CHURCH WHERE HE IS 22:56 STANDING FROM. 22:56 HE IS NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THAT FIELD. 22:59 OKAY. 23:00 WHEN HE WAS A BABY HE WAS VERY SICK AND THEY TOOK 23:04 HIM TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. 23:07 OF COURSE THEY ARE ALL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS OVER 23:09 THERE. 23:10 GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS SO EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ACCESS 23:13 TO. 23:13 YES EVERYBODY CAN HAVE ACCESS. 23:16 AND THEN THE DOCTOR HAD DECLARED THE BABY DEAD. 23:21 THAT'S QUITE A THING. 23:22 BUT THE MOTHER OF THIS MAN WOULD NOT GIVE UP. 23:27 SHE SAID I'M GOING TO PRAY. 23:30 THE LORD CAN GIVE HIM LIFE. 23:31 SHE WAS A BELIEVER. 23:32 SHE WAS A BELIEVER. 23:34 AND SO SHE BROUGHT THE BABY TO THE CHURCH. 23:37 THAT IS THE CHURCH. 23:38 THE VERY CHURCH. 23:39 THE VERY CHURCH. 23:40 SO THAT BUILDING, BROUGHT HIM TO THAT BUILDING. 23:43 THAT BUILDING AND THE PASTOR, OF COURSE NOW THAT 23:47 PASTOR IS NO LONGER ALIVE PASTOR CARTA, HIS CHILDREN 23:51 ARE. 23:52 THE PASTOR AND THE MOTHER STAYED IN THAT BUILDING 23:55 ALL NIGHT LONG AND PRAYED FOR THE BABY. 23:57 THE MOTHER'S FATHER TOLD HER GIVE THE BABY. 24:03 WE NEED TO TAKE THE BABY AND BURY THE BABY. 24:05 OH. 24:06 BUT SHE WOULDN'T LET THEM TAKE THE BABY. 24:09 AND THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST OVER 24:13 REACTING. 24:13 OVER REACTING. 24:14 SHE WOULDN'T, SHE WOULDN'T GIVE UP THE BABY. 24:18 THEY CRIED AND PRAYED AND PRAYED. 24:19 AND HE TOLD ME THIS, HE TOLD ME THAT THE NEXT DAY 24:24 MORNING AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR 24:28 SO HE TOOK A BREATH. 24:31 AFTER A NIGHT OF NOT BREATHING. 24:34 A NIGHT OF NOT BREATHING. 24:37 YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS STORY BUT 24:41 THEN YOU KNOW THE LORD RAISED LAZARUS AFTER THREE 24:45 DAYS AND IF THAT IS THE CASE THIS WAS NOTHING FOR 24:47 HIM. 24:48 AND THE GOOD LORD HAS SAID YOU WILL DO MORE THINGS 24:51 THAN I HAVE DONE. 24:52 YES. 24:53 AND IT WAS A SACRED MOMENT FOR ME. 24:56 OH INDEED. 24:57 TO BE IN THAT CHURCH. 24:59 YOU TOLD THE ONE STORY ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF 25:02 PRAYING AND THE BABY TOOK A BREATH. 25:05 NOW A WHOLE NIGHT, WHOLE NIGHT, AND THE BABY TOOK A 25:08 BREATH. 25:09 I THINK THIS TOO MIGHT BE ANOTHER, ANOTHER WAY TO 25:14 PERCEIVE WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WHEN THE BREATH OF 25:18 LIFE COMES INTO A PERSON IT'S NOT THAT PHYSICAL 25:21 BREATH, IT'S THAT SPIRITUAL BREATH OF LIFE 25:23 THAT COMES FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT, IT USUALLY IS 25:27 AFTER WE HAVE NOT BEEN BREATHING FOR YEARS 25:30 SOMETIMES. 25:31 AND SUDDENLY WE REALIZE THERE'S THE WHOLE 25:34 ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN. 25:36 THERE'S A GOD WHO LOVES US WHO CARES AND HE BREATHES 25:39 INTO US LIFE THAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE. 25:42 IT'S A GREAT MODEL FOR ALL THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS 25:46 OUTREACH. 25:47 GOD IS GOOD. 25:48 GOD IS VERY GOOD. 25:49 HE DOES AMAZING THINGS AND WHAT KIND OF BREAKS MY 25:54 HEART AS I TRAVEL FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, MILES 26:00 PASSING VILLAGES AFTER VILLAGES, HUNDREDS OF THEM 26:04 WHERE THE GOSPEL HAS NOT REACHED. 26:06 AND YOU GO TO A PLACE WHERE THE GOSPEL HAS 26:08 REACHED AND I THINK TO MYSELF THE HARVEST IS 26:13 PLENTIFUL, THE LABORERS ARE FEW. 26:17 YOU'RE INVESTMENT IN THESE LABORERS, READ THE MESSAGE 26:22 WHERE TO SEND THIS. 26:23 U.S., CANADA, INVEST IN WHAT GOD IS DOING. 26:27 YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED WHEN YOU MEET 26:29 THESE PEOPLE IN ETERNITY. 26:30 THANK YOU FRANKLIN. 26:31 WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO HEAR YOUR STORIES. 26:33 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND GOD BLESS. 27:39 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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